BANDUNG, Indonesia — Muslim extremists in the Indonesian province of West Java attempted to murder a Christian lecturer in mid-October for converting from Islam three years ago.
The theology lecturer, whose name was withheld for security reasons, has taken shelter in another province to escape further threats to his life. Sources told Compass Direct news service that a man claiming to be a Christian phoned the lecturer, saying he wanted to study Islam in order to relate to his Muslim acquaintances.
After meeting with the caller and his friends several times, they asked him to travel with them to Lembang, a small community on the outskirts of Bandung.
En route, they slipped a rope over the lecturer’s neck and attempted to strangle him. They hit him several times over the head with a hammer, but he managed to jump out of the car and roll downhill.
Police arrested one of the men responsible for the attack but the others escaped.
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